The Real Military Wives of Blogland

HI! I'm Theresa. I like to introduce myself as a Devil Pup (My Dad is a U.S. Marine) by birth and a Navy wife by marriage. I'm a Soon-to-be-Mom of a little boy and am an adoptive mother to my fur-child Sophie. I compare my and my Husbands relationship to Roxy and Trevor LeBlanc's relationship from the now canceled series, Army Wives. We Knew each other for a short time before getting married. We met in July and were married by September and have been married for almost 8 months now!

Since becoming married my Husband has been gone for a total of about 3 months, will be going out again, and is scheduled to deploy. We are currently stationed in sunny San Diego. We haven't lived anywhere else together but my Husband has been a few different places since joining the Navy. We did visit Washington to see his family and boy, oh boy is it beautiful! (Check out my series 'Our Road Trip Part 1' for pictures)

Something I wish people knew about being a military spouse is that most, if not all, of us are very proud of our Sailors, Marines, Airmen, and Soldiers. I'm a very proud Navy wife! My Husband does so much for me. Even when he's gone I'm proud, yeah it sucks when he leaves but he does it to protect our country.

Thanks for reading! Have a great weekend!

Where have I been?!

What was supposed to be a single day stay at the Navy Lodge on Coronado Island ended up being a 2 day vaycay. With the stress of everyday life we are hardly ever get the chance to just enjoy each others company. We are just so happy that we were able to have that time to grow our relationship before he has to leave again. 

I know what you are thinking. What happened to 'Our Road Trip Part 3'? Well I'm here to tell you not to worry it IS coming. It would have been up yesterday if it weren't for this "pregnancy brain" I have. Yes being pregnant makes me forget things easily, my grandma had it bad, my mom had it worse, and I have it terribly. Besides all that I do plan on posting it today at noon, I believe that's 3PM for those on the East Coast. 

I just want to thank you (my readers) for being patient with me while I get a hang of blogging. 

For those who love, or like, to read books I picked one up at the NEX. It's called "The Aviators Wife," I'm curious if any of you have read it and if you liked it? I just started this book so I don't have a reliable opinion on it yet. 

Anchors Aweigh!

By now you all know that my husband is going out to sea again. The other day he had asked me, "how is this so easy for you?" I was a bit shocked by his inquiry. That he actually thought that it's easy for me having to say goodbye over and over.

Once I collected my thoughts I replied, "It's not easy. It's not something I'm used to, I just live with the reality that you have to leave often. I can't change that fact no matter how badly I want to."

I really would keep him home if I could but, because I can't do so without being arrested, I'm just going to have to make the best of our situation.

Once my hub gave me the news I asked him if he needed or wanted anything specific to take with him. He sent me the list via text message. Yesterday I took that list with me to my local Target, and after acquiring his supplies I thought to myself, 'what else can I get him to make this time going out more enjoyable?' And, Well, I just couldn't help myself.

These are the items that are on the list he sent me,

and these are the extra items I picked up for him.

I'm planning on sticking it all in a nice gift bag rather than handing it to him in plastic store bags.

 As for tonight the husband and I are going out for a wild night on the town! Okay, I lie, but we are going to Denny's. Something about breakfast for dinner sounds amazing to me, and you know what they say 'It's 5 o'clock (A.M.) somewhere!'

Babies, Blinds, and Underway?

Yesterday I was leaving the house to run some errands and much to my surprise sitting just outside my door was a rather LARGE package. Contained in the package was a mixture of baby things my grandmother from up north had sent down for our baby shower,

A bunch of onesies and footsies,

Newborn sized diapers and 200+ wipes,

a pack of socks, blankets, a hooded towel, and gift set of lotion, shampoo, baby wash, and diaper cream along with a bottle of baby oil.

In other news we finally replaced our less than appealing, beat up, cherry wood blinds with a whiter, very clean, still intact version. Say what you want about white (boring, plain) but personally I think it will go better with our future wall color. We also picked up some darker door knobs to switch our gold ones out with. Making our room into ours is a slow process but I know the end product will be worth it.

We also received some not so great news that my husband is having to go out to sea again for three weeks. I am very proud of my husband for joining the Navy, I've always looked at joining the Military as an honor but it still sucks when he has to leave. On the bright side he will be training to become more qualified for his job and will still be home for our baby shower which I can not be more happy about.

First and Foremost . . .

First of all I’d like to say “Hello! Welcome to my blog!” as you can tell this is my very first blog post, it’s very exciting and nerve racking at the same time. Any ways let’s get to it.

 I’m Theresa, a 20 year old Navy wife, mom-to-be, and a fur mommy to my little rascal Sophie. Our little boy is due in July and we couldn't be more excited for his arrival. I am a Southern California native and my Husband is from Washington state currently stationed in Sunny San Diego, California.

K and I have only been married for 6 months and in about 6 more he’ll be on our first deployment. It makes me sad to know he will be gone for 10 months of our child’s life. The only thing I am looking forward to during this deployment are his emails and getting to send him care packages, and of course his coming home.

This blog will contain all of my thoughts and experiences, from the good days to the bad and all the beauty in between. So come along with me on my adventure as a Navy wife.